Match-holder.



' J. F. OMALLEY.

MATCH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYSI, 1916.

Patented Apr. 3,1917.

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WITNESSES JOHN FRANCIS OIVIALLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

1 MATCH-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

Application filed May 31, 1916. Serial No. 100,797.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. OMALLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to holders for book matches and the main object thereof is to provide such holders which tend to prevent the ignition of the remaining matches after one has been removed for ignition, wherein the matches are securely held, and which is preferably formed of one piece of material, as for instance struck up from sheet metal.

My invention is fully described in the following specification, of which theaccompanying drawings form a part, in which like characters refer to like parts in each of the views, and in which Figure l is a front view of my holder;

Fig. 2 is a section of the holder taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my holder with a book of matches contained therein and one match partially detached, the cover of said book being open; and

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, 4 represents a paper'cover for a book of matches 5 and provided with a closing flap 6 and with a striking surface 7, all of the conventional form, said book of matches being firmly held in a holder 8 of novel design.

The holder 8 comprises a back member 9, a pocket 10 for the bound ends of the matches and provided with an orifice 11 to give access to the striking surface 7, and a pocket 12' for the heads of the matches.

It will be noted that when the matches are in the holder the heads thereof are protected within the safety pocket 12 against accidental ignition, even with the flap 6 open and this constitutes a highly important feature of the invention.

When it is desired to use a match the flap 6 is drawn out of the pocket 10 into which it is normally tucked, and held in depressed position to enable the lateral withdrawal of a match, as in Fig. 3, from either side of the holder, after which the detached match may be struck on the surface 7 without danger of igniting the remaining matches, and, when the book of matches is exhausted, a new book may be readily substituted therefor by lateral removal of the exhausted book and lateral substitution of the new one.

Attention is drawn to the fact that when the flap 6 is tucked into' its normal closing position any printed matter on t.1e front thereof is in a fully exposed position, and this is also true of the printed matter on the matches when the flap 6 is opened, thus combining advertising with safety, my facsimile signature on the flap clearly showing the former condition with the flap closed.

Myjnvention is very simple, both in construction and use, and it is also very practical and may be made very inexpensively, although I may make the same very ornate and of precious metals, either jeweled or not.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1 A holder for a book of matches, comprising a back member having a pocket at one end for the reception of the bound end of said book said pocket being provided with an orifice giving access to the striking surface of said book, and having a safety pocket at its other end for the heads of said matches, said pockets being of relatively slight depth whereby the book is exposed for the greater part of the flap thereof.

J OHNFRANCIS OMALLEY. 

